translators. we don't know yet their nationality. the group were traveling to a health clinic when they were snatched. a search is underway right now. mitt romney two for two last night. he not only won the primaries in arkansas and kentucky he out performed them in 6 of the states. the president got 58 percent. in arkansas romney grabbed 68 percent the president 58 percent. coming in second to president obama this is weird in the state of arkansas. john wolf sunor a lawyer on the ballot from tennessee he got over 40 percent of the vote. less than 100 delegates away from the magic number of 1,144. >> ex%ing thpecting that to hapt week. >> a woman claims she has a bomb implanted inside her body. the woman a french citizen and

native handed a flight attendant the vote two f-15 fighters went with the plane until it landed. >> (inaudible n. ( >> she finally they took her to the back and she stayed in back. next thing i know we were landing in bangor. >> the woman was travelling alone. without any luggage. >> strange. >> former first lady nancy reagan is recovering from broken ribs. she fell about 6 weeks ago in her home in los angeles. she had been expected to attend a speech by house budget committee chairman paul ryan. instead she watched it at home on television. she is now 90 years old.

>> the judges calling it the most competitive season ever on dancing with the stars. one pair was crowned king and queen of the ball. >> the winners and new champions of "dancing with the stars" are... donald and pita. >> receiver and super bowl champ adding the trophy to his shelf. cuban actor winning the 14th season of the show. those are your 5 at 5:00. >> there is a troubling now warning that the united states could be on the verge of another recession. it could fall off a fiscal cliff. joining us live is peter dues see. he has all of the details and his new warnings come from the

government. >> good morning, heather. the united states is heading toward a fiscal cliff and will fall off it on january 1st if the tax cuts are allowed to expire and automatic cuts are kicked in. they couldn't make a deal on what they wanted to cut so their punishment was to establish steep over a trillion dollar automatic cuts for things that are tough and controversial. the first 100 billion or so would be cut. these things would make the economy shrink by 1.3 percent in the first half of next year. that they say adds up to a recession. majority leader harry reid says we can avoid this fiscal flip tomorrow if republicans would agree to extend the tax cut which would give us ample time to deal with the other challenges facing congress at the end of the year.

after the 1.3 percent contract the economy would rebound in the second half of 2014. they are scoffing at the idea that they are trying to raise taxes especially in an election year where mitt romney is pitching tax reform as part of his platform. >> we are going to try every way we can to make sure taxes don't go up on anybody, don't go up on working families or small businesses. we have to make sure we are doing everything we can to go to jobs and get this economy back on track. last night at the presidential library the republican house chair paul ryan thinks they will mandate to aggressively fix the nation's financial system. peter doocy in washington thank you very much. >> now it's time for "look who's talking."

>> you may remember colin powell shocked the republican party when he endorsed then senator obama. last night on hannity he explained his decision. >> i looked at it carefully back in 2008. i saw the economy going into a free fall. i saw a situation where we were in two wars that really weren't sorting themselves out as plainly as they could. at that time it was an impression of harshness. there was a certain ugliness some of the things said about president obama some of the things you would see at the campaign events. it was the economy more than anything else yi thought he migt be better to handle than somebody i have the highest regard for and have for 30 years, john mccain. >> who will colin powell endorse this year? he will join them at 7 ax m.

want to hear that one. he gave a whole lot of rewatch of that. challenger john mccain is also talking this morning. he went on the record and talked about what it was be like if he were president of the country. >> i hesitate to get into that but one our debt deficit would have been addressed and austerity pemeasures would have been closed. entitlements would be open in the room and we to make tough decisions the same way ronald reagan made a decision about social security way back in 1983. we will be leading in front and not from behind. the united states of america is an exceptional nation and we lead and we wouldn't be standing by while thousands are massacred

in syria. >> he goes on to say what he is worried about is the future of our economy. >> let's talk about the weather. maria molina is here with the current temperatures. >> good to see you guys this morning. if you live in new york city and you are headed outdoors it is very humid very warm very muggy conditions. 65 degrees is the current temperature. we have to deal with drizzle. we are going to deal with the humidity the warm temperatures and showers possibly thunderstorms as we head into the afternoon hours. you are going to need the umbrellas. we also have very warm temperatures across texas and 76 degrees as we head out the door. 66 current temperatures in minneapolis. showers across portions of the

northeast and parts of maryland. even across the south in the carolinas. in the east they have been dealing with moisture, florida. the airport picked up as much as 10 inches of rain in 24-hours. incredible amounts of tropical moisture. we will continue to see the heavy rain out there. otherwise across the northwest and upper west we have it swinging through possibly producing severe weather in minnesota and the general plains. thunderstorms could produce large hail and damaging winds. >> now stories you can bank on this morning with facebook possible new facelift. adam shapiro is here. >> they could use a facelift after the ipo. the time line eastbound is up

and arms over. they are going to super impose your personal information that's now below the time line photo on the time line photo. as long as we are talking about facebook let's talk about the lawsuit. >> the fiasco. >> this guy filed suits, class action status. nasdaq is in there they botched the ipo. >> the survey what's going on there? >> there's a linked in survey. do you ever do a list? honey do this, honey do that. to do list is what you do at the office. americans score number 6 on a worldwide survey of who accomplishes their to do list tasks. brazilians do much better. >> what about youth unemployment? >> youth unemployment is not getting better. 75 million people between ages of 16 and 24 are unemployed. that number helped steady.

it is roughly 12-13 percent of yu youth worldwide. doesn't look like it will come down any time soon. it is 10 minutes after the hour. a top white house official leaking the top secret information about the rain which left bin laden dead. it is all for a hollywood blockbuster. dump me once shame on you dump me once i witwice i will sue. he is taking his former fiancee to court. >> getting laughs on foul. >> speaking of facebook mark zuckerburg lost 2 million since facebook went public on friday. now when he logs on to facebook he has to use the free wi-fi at starbucks. ♪

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>> secret service director mark sullivan grilled by congress over the prostitution scandal that has been rocking his agency. it will be the first time we hear publicly from sullivan since the story broke. he's expected to testify that his agent's behavior did not result in any kind of security breech. in the meantime four of the agents want their jobs back. they are being made into scape goats for behavior that has been col rated by the answer. he was not a stranger to mres. cops watching flores. for weeks after sierra lamar was abducted back in march. she still hasn't been found. he was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murder. his dna was found in the 15-year-old's bag. the research center told how

the newscast was koring mitt romney's wealth compared to john kerry's wealth. they used romney's wealth 27 times. in that same period of 2004 they only discussed kerry's money twice. bill o'reilly rile sat down with the time news at that time. >> i am not responsible for the news now. i am only responsible of the news coverage i was back in kerry's time. in my recollection in 2004 is the biggest thing the country was facing was the war, iraq. interestingly, you remember this well, what happened during the election was they turned around the war record. they talk about this in the book. made it all sort of a riveferenm on his claim to be a hero. >> brit hume worked for abc news for 23 years.

he we know the to be president of abc news after he left. here's his reaction to westin's he explanation. >> it is not surprising to me that john kerry's wealth and the way he lived did not get much coverage in 2004 just as the kennedy wealth hefr in unfavorable references when they were front and center. democrats in the money look different in the mainstream media than republicans do. there is always a taint that attaches to rich republicans that doesn't attach to rich liberals. it's romney verses kerry. >> let's go to a story that has everybody talking. dump me once shame on you dutch me twice i will sue you. a man is suing his former fiancee.

she broke off their engagement twice in two years and he argues he should pay back her share of the rent and the deposit he put down for the wedding. that's about 50,000 dollars. he claims as a parting gift she withdrew 55,000 dollars from the joint bank account the same day she broke up with him. he said more than 19,000 of that money is his and he wants it back. his former flame thought returning his 32,000 dollar engagement ring was simply enough. >> not married sharing a bank account. does this groom deserve the minu money back? tweet them to us at fox friends first or friendsfirst@foxnews.com.

facebook.com/foxfriendsfirst. we will read those later. >> it will be heated on this one. >> i can't wait. >> the war on terror we are talking cyber jihad. there's a report coming up and we have it. >> a disturbing 911 call the dispatcher falling asleep in the middle of the emergency call. >> we are going to tell you how that all played out. the noise in the back grond, snoring. >> $3.68 a gallon nationwide.

>> key witnesses changed their story the night zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. three months later he acted like nothing happened. classified information on the raid which killed osama bin laden to hollywood filmmakers. it has hundreds of defense department and cia documents that can actually prove it. according to the documents filmmakers were given access to a navy seal commander and captain. the government says al qaeda

is still determine to do carry out an attack. fox news katherine her raj has more on this from washington. al qaeda is calling for an electronic jihad. >> this case is really alarming. republican senator susan collins and homeland security. homeland security janet nep polit napolitano. >> anybody without the ideology are engaged in a cyber attack. >> it is not to run jihady videos in the fall. this from al qaeda followers and the u.s. is vulnerable to cyber attacks in the same way u.s. security was vulnerable in 2001. they are targeting the web sites

and information systems of big companies and government agencies. >> the al qaeda are focused on cyber warfare because it can be carried out you can have somebody smart enough at very little expense. >> according to the senators in 2011 homeland security responded to 100,000 cyber incidents. there was a five fold increase. they are the central nervous system of critical infrastructure including power plants and dams. >> it would be naive for us to think al qaeda is not responsible for at least some of those attacks. fox news has learned the so-called electronic jihad was part of a two-hour web video that homeland security intelligence bull tan about loan wolf attacks. the senate takes up its version of the bill next month.

heather and ainsley back to you. it is 25 after the hour. video you have never seen before. one year after a twister rips through joplin this incredible footage being released. more stunning video coming up. here's the question a lot of people are asking, should illegal aliens be able to get a driver's license? we have both sides to the story that is coming up next. >> first on this date in history back in 1964 the beach boys releasing the song "i get around." it is coming out this spring, too. really fun.

>> here's some political news. while attending meetings in chicago last week president obama stayed in a hotel instead of his own house. true. it was annoying when he asked for a wake-up call it showed him his latest poll numbers. >> good sense of humor there. back to fox and friends first. i am heather nauert. i am ainsley earhardt. it is 30 minutes after the top of the hour. we begin with new developments

overnight. mitt romney joins 2 for 2 in the arkansaned kentucky primaries last night. those causing head cakes for the white house. joining us to explain is doug luzader. >> good morning, guys. for a while all we would focus on is the republican numbers because that's where the horse race was. with that issue smartly resolved it is the democratic numbers that are getting fascinating. no one disputes president obama will be the democratic nominee. he crossed the delegate threshold he needs. let's start with what happened in arkansas yesterday. based on the return so far the president's dm democratic challenger john wolf won 42 percent of the vogt. that is a huge number in a preem mary battle against a sitting president. arkansas has an open primary so republican leaning voters could in theory vote for a democrat

against the president. but that is not the case. the other case we will talk about kentucky which has a closed party the numbers look almost identical. 42 percent of registered democrats cast ballots against the president choosing uncommitted instead. that 40ish number keeps coming up. two weeks ago a federal prison inmate keith judd won 41 percent of the vote in the west virginia democratic primary. these are not serious challenges to the president's nomination. all three of these states voted for john mccain last time around. it shows how the reelection compla campaign will not only have to come up with on the fence voters but voters from their own party. let's go to the other stories making headlines. exactly one year ago after a toerp d

tornado ripped through joplin, new jersey. this is what it did to the inside of an emergency room at st. johns hospital. sweeping up everything in site destroying that medical center completely. a new center is being built. remembering those who lost their lives that day. >> folks participating in a unity walk before they stopped for a moment the of silence. image frantically calling 911 for help instead of assistance you get complete silence followed by snoring. it happened to a woman who's husband had trouble breathing. >> one hand on his forehead the

other on his neck. tilt his head back. >> uh-huh. he's all the blue. >> you can hear the dispatcher snoring. eventually he was taken to the hospital in maryland. the dispatcher placed on administrative leave with pay he was 17 hours into his over time shift. >> no over time in that job. proposal that would allow undocumented residents to get driver's license. initiative 52. it would prevent an irs tax id number to show they paid taxes and also id from their native country. the privileges should be afforded only to legal citizens. >> they have broken the law in the first place why wered we gi why should we give them

documentation. >> they wan the them to be able to drive legally and safely. >> might look sweet but doesn't mess with this grandma. she spent the night in a jail cell after pulling a gun on a man who has been vandal liesing her property for nearly a decade. >> he made my life miserable, 5, 6, 7 years. i got mad. my granddaughter said please don't go over there. i didn't pay her no attention. >> she finally reached the tipping point after her car has been vandalized. she admits she took matters in her own hands tracking down that guy with her gun. she is facing felony weapon charges. >> call him a bunch of party animals. a man was arrested trying to bring a parrot and a zebra into the bar. you can see the exotic pets in

his pickup truck. his girlfriend says this is a normal saturday night for him. >> they like going for rides. they are a part of his family here. we don't have little kids. these are our kids. >> as it turns out the bar wouldn't allow the animals inside but it didn't stop him from enjoying a few drinks of his own. the cops showed up and he was charged with drinking and driving. >> that's how they roll there. >> 36 minutes after the top of the hour. before you leave the house we have a weather um date with maria. >> we have showers across the midwest and northeast and more in south florida. we have as much as 10 inches of rain in south florida at the

airport in a 24-hour period. of course you have that much water in that short a time. we have flooding occurring across that area. we will see more of that today and could potentially see more flooding because of the water already falling there. another area is the northeast and the mid atlantic. that will be the story as we go through most of the workweek. some of the storms could produce storms and damaging winds. we are keeping a close eye on the area of noifrt carolina and south carolina for that concern. we are not looking at a big tornado risk we have a flip side of that story. we have hot temperatures and dry

conditions. phoenix and tucson. we are not looking at any rainfall we are dealing with gusty winds. we have the risk once again for spreading wildfires across parts of arizona new mexico and the rest of the four corners region. keep that in mind. >> we have some of the rain to the west coast. thank you so much. we are a few hours away from the american idol season finnal low. it's down to 16-year-old powerhouse jessica sanchez and folk rocker phillip phillips. we are live with more. good morning. >> hey, good morning ainsley and heather. outside nokia theater i was able to score tickets to the show. it is cool to see it lye in front of your face. each was able to sing three songs first. the first was chosen by the executive producer the second

was each contest at that particular time's favorite song and the third song will become the first single. sanchez started the night off really strong. singing i have nothing by whitney houston. i understand we a little bit of that to show you. let's listen to that right now. flush flush ♪ >> and that was actually phillip phillips final song. that is the song that will become his first single if he indeed wins. that song really sotole the sho. jessica really started off strong singing whitney houston's i have nothing then she went into celine dion's show the prayer. that won her a spot in the top 24. we got a sneak peek of what can

happen tonight. pretaped a performance with kristin chen witt and the largest disco ball in a tribute to donna summers. the next american idol will be announced at the end of the show and there will be performances by rihanna and aerosmith as well. >> they are so young. >> philadelphia lip -- phillip phillips. that's a catchy name. >> no wedding dinners here. not phased at all. tornado in the background. >> then there is this. the obama administration spending 20 million of your tax payer money to promote obama care. tell you about this when we come back.

oo actor and comedian michael mccain is in the hospital for a broken leg. he was hit by a car while crossing the street in new york city. the 64-year-old is known for his role in laverne and shirley. an erie find in maine the b-52 bomber crashed nearly 52 years ago. he stumbled upon it while he was hunting. the only visible damage on the head rest. the unarmed b-52 went down in 1963. >> 44 minutes after the hour now. eating organic is supposed to make people feel good. there's a study out that says eating organic can make you act like a jerk. dr. dale archer. explain this research. (laughter) >> there's a study out of new

orleans where what they did was they took organic food and showed it to individuals they took comfort food. on a how likely they were to help others and b help. the organic food eaters were vastly more judgmental and not likely to help others. because they feel morally superior. they feel smart. >> isn't it supposed to be the opposite. these do gooders around the they supposed to give more charity than those who sit back on the couch and eat mcdonalds. >> this is the same thing in a cult phenomenon. you feel better than others superior and feel you can pass judgment and you don't have time to help the little guy. you are too important for that. the organic eaters think that. >> it is interesting they would

be more judgmental than others because they usually claim to be tolera tolerant. >> they are better than others. it makes you feel heart healthy and you are saving the planet. >> that's not proven. >> it is poimportant to understd these are media driven. smart balance. it's all about i am helping the planet myself and for all of you other people that don't do it you have a problem. i don't have time for you. >> this impliy -- applies to environmentalists. >> this is when your choice feels superior than what the masses are doing. you are making smart fashion or the car you drive. >> an ti fur for example. >> would these types of people

become open to change? becoming less judgmental? >> absolutely not. >> they are rigid. >> in their mind they already made a superior choice unless people start thinking and catching up to them they will always be superior to others. >> i guess re really are jerks. >> it's not surprising when you think about it. >> 46 minutes past the hour. we will tell you about this a $20 million tab you will have to pay. we will tell you what the administration is spending to promote obama care. we have the details coming up next. >> last chance to answer the question of the day. a girl is suing his fiancee. he says she should pay back her share for the ren the of the apartment they shared and the deposit he put down for their

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a u.s. drone strike leaving four insur gepts dead. the strike targeting a compound in the main hideout for the taliban and al qaeda. egypt we have live pictures of voting in the first prepresidential election. it happened more than a year after democratic protestors ousted the former dictator. the british designer of many of apple's i pads. he will become a knight commander of the british empire. sounds fancy. it is now 52 after the hour. it is time for what the hill? once we tell you the story you will understand why. launching a $20 million pr campaign to promote obama care. diane mess said d/* macedo has

report. he has been awarded a $20 million contract to launch a national multi media campaign explaining the benefits of the affordable care act. it is mandated in a president's healthcare law which requires them to promote healthcare. the campaign will inform them about the preventty benefits now with medicaid medicare and private health insurance as a result of the affordable care act. this sounds more like propaganda than health education. sarah palin went as far as calling it super pid. >> this is one of the stupidest things from the obama administration. i think it will be deemed unconstitutional. this is a propaganda piece which violates many of the procurement laws and other laws applicable to government contracts. it is promoting obama care.

there is a question of whether the campaign will be affe effective. they have pushed congress to quadruple the public affairs budget and spened 1.4 million to drive traffic to the obama care web site. a family foundation poll says 6 in 10 americans don't know enough about the healthcare laws to judge how to effect them. this isn't the first time they have talked about the benefits of public health problem. they had $100 billion for medication prescription drug plan in 2003. the supreme court could render this new campaign move. it defines it to be unconstitutional in sthis summe. i wonder if the tax payer the can get a refund if not. >> $20 million.

3 million was spent a couple years ago. andy griffith was promoting medicare changes. >> hard to image this isn't legal. earlier in the show a man from new york city suing his former fiancee. she broke off the engagement twice in two years. he says she should pay back part of the rent and the money he put down for her wedding. kierding to him that would be 50,000 dollars. he claims as a parting gift his ex withdrew nearly 55,000 dollars from their join the bank account. that was the same day she broke up with him. silverstein says more than 19,000 of that money is his and he wants it back. >> we want to know what you think about this. does the groom get the money back? >> justin says he should get back whatever portion of the money is his. she should be responsible for

her half of the wedding. >> thanks eastbound who respond -- thanks everybody for responding. listen up. if your vows weren't enough, another reason not to cheat on your wife. it could come with a serious health risk. >> i like that one. all scrambled up. can you figure out what this one is? stick arounded for the answer. we will be right back. has rankes "highest in customer satisfaction in the united states." call or go to quickenloans.com to discover for yourself why we're engineered to amaze.

>> it is just about 6:00 and it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good this morning. a stunning medical feat for the first time, researchers successfully taken skin cells from people with heart failure and transformed them into healthy beating heart tissue. how about that? now the ugly. a kansas couple marrying during a tornado?

you can see the twister looming in the distance. the couple, though, continued on with the ceremony even posing for pictures. >> they had a big crowd there. >> see that tornado in the background. finally, the ugly. it won't only destroy your marriage. cheating on your spouse can kill you. men who stray from their wives have a higher risk of suffering a heart attack. take that, guys. >> while you're scrambling your eggs, brian kilmeade is here to help us unscramble our word. >> how would you like to be the guy on the cheating video getting his picture taken? wonder if we'll be getting sued. is it legal? so far, it doesn't -- not ringing a bell. >> it's organic. >> organic. >> way to go. >> all right. >> nice job. >> have a great day. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. you made it to the middle of the week. adjusting my belt here. it's wednesday, may 23rd. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks f